This Week In Illinois History: The great hors...

On June 16, 1979, Rich Koz made his TV debut on WFLD in Chicago as horror host "Son of Svengoolie." 

This week's slice of history is a uniquely American invention: processed cheese. 

The king's attempt to break the Parments in the summer of 1788 was was met by widespread resistence.  

Horses have been a bulwark of American culture and society for centuries. Think of cowboys in the Mid-West or Native Americans riding bareback on the Great Plains. But new, ground-breaking archeological evidence has emerged to suggest horses were present in the Americas more t ...

Human and Horse relationships have long be intertwined; from the ancient Eurasian plain, through to modern cowboys. But how did these huge, independent creatures become domesticated - and what was the original intention behind such an act? Originally tamed for their meat and m ...

Tipping is a norm in the U.S. But it hasn't always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. The case against tipping had momentum in the early 1900's, yet what began as a movement to end an exploitative practice just ended up cont ...  Show more